Ginger Sesame Meatballs

Make flavorful Asian-spiced pork meatballs with ginger, tamari, and sesame for a perfect party appetizer or delicious meal with rice. By Carmen Sturdy

Each meatball in this recipe is packed full of flavour with crunchy ginger, spring onions, garlic, mint, coriander and pieces of shredded carrot. Using only 2 tablespoons of almond flour ensures the meatballs remain juicy and tender and won’t dry out, even if you accidentally let them bake for a few minutes too long. Brushing the meatballs with sauce half way through baking not only enhances the flavour but also gives them a beautiful golden glaze and helps the sesame seeds stick to the sides.

The slightly sweet sauce can be served alongside the meatballs for dipping at a cocktail party, or poured over the meatballs and served with cauliflower rice as a hearty dinner. These meatballs are incredibly easy to make and require less than 20 minutes to prepare. I recommend making an extra batch to store in the freezer as these are great to have on hand for unexpected guests or an impromptu pot luck.

Make flavorful Asian-spiced pork meatballs with ginger, tamari, and sesame for a perfect party appetizer or delicious meal with rice.

Author: Carmen Sturdy

Recipe Type: Appetizer

Cuisine: Asian Inspired

Serves: about 20 meatballs

Ingredients

Pork Meatballs

500 grams ground pork

½ cup grated carrot

1 clove garlic. crushed

1½ tbsp grated fresh ginger

¼ cup chopped spring onions

1 egg white

1 tbsp tamari

1 tbsp coriandor

1 tbsp mint

2 tbsp almond flour

Sauce

¼ cup sesame oil

2 tbsp tamari

1 tbsp honey

1 tbsp lime juice

2 tbsp corandor

2 tbsp mint

To serve

1 tbsp black sesame seeds

1 tbsp chopped spring onions

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 175 degrees Celsius (350F)

In a blender or food processor combine the sesame oil, tamari, honey and lime juice. Blend until well combined. Add in the corandor and mint and pulse until the herbs have shredded. Pour into a bowl and set aside.

In a bowl combine all of the ingredients for the meatballs. Using your hands work the ingredients together until they are well combined. Spoon out approximately 1 tablespoon amounts of the mixture, roll into balls and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet (it should make 20-24 balls).

Place the tray in the oven and bake for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes remove the tray from the oven and brush each meatball with the sauce so that they are well coated. Return to the oven and continue to bake for another 10 minutes.

Before serving brush each of the meatballs again with the sauce and sprinkle with black sesame seeds and chopped spring onions. The remaining sauce can be served alongside the meatballs for dipping.

Carmen discovered the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (a diet free from grains, gluten, refined sugar, processed food, lactose and soya) after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease 2 years ago. She now lives symptom and medication free thanks to the diet. She created Every Last Bite to share healthy recipes and show people that no matter how restricting your diet, you can still enjoy delicious food.